by Richard | Dec 18, 2009 | Published
The last week and a bit I have been in Ethiopia, drinking delicious coffee, wandering around the ruins of castles I had never known Africa capable of possessing and ruminating on the big questions of life, the universe and everything (yes, I brought a towel). On...
by Richard | Dec 16, 2009 | Africa, Cape to Cairo, Kenya, Travel
It’s dark. We left Marsabit an hour ago, by which time night had long fallen, but as I clamber down into the lorry’s cargo hold, the darkness becomes a dense, clinging oil. Occasionally pierced by small torches as the dozen or so others in the small space...
by Richard | Dec 13, 2009 | Africa, Kenya, Travel
Taken straight out of my journal notes. Disclaimer for poor grammar,etc :) At the matatu station, I am relieved to find that there are still matatus departing for Isiolo via Nanyuki, despite Nairobi’s ungodly rush hour traffic thoroughly interfering with any...
by Richard | Dec 10, 2009 | Africa, Kenya, Sudan, Travel
Taken straight out of my journal notes. Disclaimer for poor grammar,etc It’s moving day again today. Somehow another three mosquitos managed to get into my mosquito net and haunt my dreams. I wonder sometimes if it’s not called a mosquito net because it...
by Richard | Aug 9, 2008 | Reflections
I became a vegetarian about a month ago. Well, technically the term is apparently Pescatarian, given that our friends in the sea are not safe from my revised dietary planning. While the general reaction from those I know has ranged from indifference to shock followed...
by Richard | May 8, 2008 | Reflections, Travel
“She caresses me on the quiet nights. Her name is restlessness, and she snuggles warm against my soul.” I have always been a night owl – one of those people for whom midnight is the earliest time that I will consider going to bed. The effects of this...
